"Library services for older people: good practice guide"

In 2009, The Network (with support from the Department of Health) produced a guide to good practice in libraries' work with older people. The information in the guide has been added to and updated with further case studies.

Update to the "Good Practice Guide", highlighting initiatives in provision for older people.Written by Margaret Sloan, The Network, 2011.Library services for older people - good practice guide update: Recent Initiatives… more

Report by Lynda Martin for Cambridgeshire Library Service, which outlines the scope of the EngAGE sessions (which include digital inclusion, activities, talks, etc).Cambridgeshire Engage in the Afternoon… more

"The Mature and Active programme continues to operate in partnership with East Cambridgeshire District Council( Sports Development Officers), Care Network , Ely Paradise Sports Centre, Burwell Sports Centre, Living Sport and Herward Housing. Focus of the project is to develop well being in older people to encourage and educate a healthy… more

"In this research Essex libraries used the Generic Social Outcomes framework, a research model used by the museums, libraries and archives sector, to investigate the wider social benefits of library use for older people, i.e. retired people, particularly those aged 75 and over." (2011) Essex - Impact of library use… more